Necktie clasp



June 16, 1959 Lw. c. Bonjrs n 2,890,509

NECKTIE CLASP Filed July 3. 195s IN VEN TOR.

am 1 am@ United States Patat O NECKTIE CLASP William C. Boots, Rumford,'R.I., assignor to Foster Metal Products, Incorporated, Attleboro,Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application `uly 3, 1956, SerialNo. 595,708

1 Claim. (Cl. 24-49) This invention comprises a necktie clasp having newand improved structural and ornamental features and also a novel sort ofaction in use.

One of its features is a chain fast at one end to a part of the clasp,arranged to span the necktie, pass freely through an eye or hook andbeing provided at its free end with an ornament of sufficient weight todraw the chain into horizontal posi-tion when the clasp is in operativeposition. 'Ihis construction not only provides automatic adjustment ofthe clasp to neckties of various width but insures the particularly neatappearance of the wearer in that the ornamental weight tends to draw thechain taut and hold it in horizontal position instead of allowing it tosag in a discouraged loop as heretofore.

The eye may be closed or open in the form of a hook and in the lattercase the chain may be slipped into the open eye at an intermediate pointin its length instead of requiring threading of the necktie through theclasp as a whole.

The invention includes within its scope various details of constructionby which the desired results are secured and the clasp may be producedby the most eiiicient manufacturing processes.

These and other features of the invention will be best understood andappreciated from the following description of a preferred embodimentthereof selected for purposes of illustration and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the clasp shown in operative position on thegarments of the wearer and on a somewhat enlarged scale,

Fig. 2 is a top view showing the necktie in section,

Fig. 3 is also a front View of the clasp, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing an eye of closed shape.

The clasp as herein shown comprises a flat main bar 5 having at its leftend an inwardly directed U-bend 11 and at its right end an outwardlydirected U-bend 12. The bend 11 is extended inwardly into a short clampand carrying arm upon which is pivotally mounted a clamp 2,890,509Patented .lune 16, 1959 ice 13 carrying a corrugated plate or foot 14.This may be of the construction disclosed and claimed in my prior PatentNo. 2,723,429, dated Nov. l5, 1955, although its shape is of secondaryimportance.

The bend 12 is extended inwardly into an eye-carrying arm having an openor hook-shaped eye 1S at the free end and this is turned inwardly and soconcealed in wear. As already explained the eye 15 may be of open shapeor it may be closed like the eye 15' of Fig. 4. It will be seen that themain bar 10 with its U-bends, the clampcarrying arm, the eye-carryingarm and the eye may all be formed from a single continuous length ofmetal plated or ornamented as desired.

A light flexible chain 16 is fastened at one end to the clasp,preferably by means of an ear located at or near the inwardly directedU-bend 1l at the left end of the bar 10. An ornamental weight, hereinshown as an anchor 17, is attached to the free end of the chain and thisof course may be of any desired design such as a Masonic emblem orfraternity insignia.

The clasp may be placed in operative position by lift ing the clamp foot14 and slipping it with the clampcarrying arm inside the shirt of thewearer, then passing the chain 16 about the necktie 18 and looping itthrough the eye 15. The weight of the anchor 17 now acts to draw thechain into the horizontal position shown in Fig. 1 and hold it there andat the same time accommodating itself to the width of the necktie it isholding in place.

Having thus disclosed my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A necktie clasp including in its structure an elongated bar disposedhorizontally when the clasp is in operative position and having anoutwardly directed bend at one end and an inwardly directed bend at theother end, the inwardly directed bend being extended into aclampcarrying arm and the outwardly directed bend being provided with aneye, a chain fast at one end to the inwardly directed bend and passingfreely through the said eye, and a weight on the free end of the chaineffective to maintain a portion of the chain between said one end andsaid eye substantially horizontal when in operative position.

References Cited in the iile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D.96,880 Woolnough Sept. 10, 1935 2,031,004 Pollack Feb. 18, 19362,192,379 Ingleby Mar. 5, 1940 2,528,527 Lavanish Nov. 7, 1950 FOREIGNPATENTS 678,888 Great Britain Sept. 10, 1952

